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Dawn across rome. This city has seen more than 260 pontiffs, only two popes passed in the last thousand years have left like this. The cardinals, princes of the church, gathered this morning for a warm farewell to Pope Benedict. Some cardinals wants to speak to him for as long as possible. Pope benedict will resign just after sunset. This home, this beautiful summer palace, quiet after a frantzic few weeks. At 8 00 exactly, he will stop being pope, the swiss guards who stand guard outside the palace and hell go. Reporter rough seas he admitted yesterday and now the task begins of choosing his successor. I think theres a yearning out there for something different. Somebody new somebody fresh. Perhaps it younger. The conclave with 200 years of experience, secret ballots cast in the existing chapel. In many ways this will be different, this time a retired pope will be watching from the sidelines. We have to watch to see how it plays o ....